Printing apparatus, data output apparatus and computer readable memory medium

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EP 1 014 256 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26

(21)	Application number: 99310332.4

(22)	Date of filing: 21.12.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 3/12, G06F 1/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

22.12.1998 JP 36500898

(71)	Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Tokyo (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Onodera, Ken Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Utsunomiya, Takeshi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Mori, Junichi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Akimoto, Koichiro Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Nishijima, Takanori Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Takayanagi, Masahiro Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Sakai, Hideki Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Tsunekawa, Kiyohiro Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP) Okazawa, Takashi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74)	Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
	BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn London WC1V 6BX London WC1V 6BX (GB)

(54)	Printing apparatus, data output apparatus and computer readable memory medium

(57) In a printing apparatus in which a part of the execution program is downloaded from the host computer, the invention allows the user to easily known the copyright information of the execution program and to select the use of such copyright. The host computer sends print data to the laser beam printer constituting the printing apparatus and downloads a part of the execution program. At the same time, the copyright information and the license information of the execution program are transmitted to the laser beam printer. The control unit of the laser beam printer processes the data based on the execution program, thereby recording the data on the recording sheet, and displays the copyright information and license information on the operation panel. Observing the display, the user selects whether or not to obtain the license by the operation panel.

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